Supreme Court of Alabama, 1998

Culp v. State

Culp v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided March 6, 1998 · Almon, Hooper, Kennedy, Cook, Butts, See, Maddox, Shores, Houston
710 So. 2d 1361; 1998 Ala. LEXIS 72; 1998 WL 96554 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Culp v. State

Concurring Opinion

SHORES, Justice

(concurring specially).

I agree that the petition for the writ of certiorari should be denied. However, I disagree with, and would reject, the following statement in the Court of Criminal Appeals’ opinion on return to remand, which is merely dictum in this case: “[T]he ‘financial resources of the defendant’ can include aid or support from a spouse, even though the restitution order is not binding on a spouse.” Culp v. State, 710 So.2d. 1357, 1360 (Ala.Cr.App. 1997).

MADDOX and HOUSTON, JJ., concur.

Opinion of the Court

ALMON, Justice.

The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied.

In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of *1362Criminal Appeals’ opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT DENIED.

HOOPER, C.J., and KENNEDY, COOK, BUTTS, and SEE, JJ., concur. MADDOX, SHORES, and HOUSTON, JJ., concur specially, with opinion by SHORES, J.

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